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'Breaking Bad' Home Owners Fed Up With Selfie-Seekers Decide To Build Fence
One woman shouted expletives at an Associated Press reporter snapping images of the house and demanded the reporter stay away from property.
ALBUQUERQUE, NM — The real home in Albuquerque immortalized in the AMC-TV hit series "Breaking Bad" has become inundated by fans seeking snapshots and selfies of the place where the methamphetamine-making character Walter White lived. Now, the home is getting a fence.
The owners are installing a 6-foot wrought iron fence on the front of the house. Joanne Quintana told KOB-TV that she lost count of the number of weekly visitors to the house that her mother owns. She said the tourists have caused disruptions that have made them fearful to leave the property unattended. Some tourists have even told them "to close our garage" and "get out of the picture," Quintana said.
Construction on the fence is underway, and Quintana said people have already tried to climb around the construction to snap a photo. (For more information on the "Breaking Bad" and other Albuquerque stories, subscribe to Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)
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On Friday, a worker was seen placing poles and two women in chairs outside of the home's open garage yelled at visitors trying to take photos. One woman shouted expletives at an Associated Press reporter snapping images of the house and demanded the reporter stay away from property.
"Breaking Bad" follows Walter White, played by Cranston, producing and selling methamphetamine with a former student, Jesse Pinkman, played by Aaron Paul.
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The show ended in 2013, but tourism companies in Albuquerque still embrace the drug-addled series and give "Breaking Bad" tours showcasing spots made popular in the show.
The Albuquerque Convention & Visitors Bureau created a website of the show's most popular places around town to help tourists navigate. The Walter White house is not listed, but a number of fan sites give the address and photos of the house are posted on Instagram almost every day.
A prequel to the show, "Better Call Saul," is filming its fourth season and recently shot scenes near the Albuquerque bureau of The Associated Press.
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